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REM 100 Midterm EXAM STUDY GUIDE.
Global Change - Answers✔Human induced change in the global environment
Environment - Answers✔Complete range of social conditions an organism lives in
Characteristics of Global Issues (6) - Answers✔Global effect, inter-related, exposes inter-
dependence, persistent, change status quo, interdisciplinary solution
Global Issues - Answers✔Issues with long lasting global scope which require multi-nation and
inter-disciplinary solutions
Institutions - Answers✔Organizations which embody a set of values considered essential
System - Answers✔Collecting of interdependent parts within a defined boundary
Atmposphere - Answers✔Air
Hydrosphere - Answers✔Water
Cryosphere - Answers✔Ice
Lithosphere - Answers✔Land
Biosphere - Answers✔Life
Anthrosphere - Answers✔Humans
Flux - Answers✔Change of energy or matter between spheres
Closed System - Answers✔Only energy can be exchanged with other systems
Open System - Answers✔Both energy and matter can be exchanged with other systems
Perturbation - Answers✔Impact or disturbance to a system
Positive Feedback (Perturbation) - Answers✔Feedback loop which increases magnitude of
perturbation
Negative Feedback (Perturbation) - Answers✔Feedback loop which decreases magnitude of
perturbation
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Temporal Scale - Answers✔Time sequence of perturbation
Technological Optimism - Answers✔Continued domination of humans at current trend
"Star Trek" Costanza - Answers✔Technological and resource optimism
"Big Government" Costanza - Answers✔Technological skeptic and resource optimist
"Mad Max" Costanza - Answers✔Technological optimist and resource skepticism
"Environmentalism" Costanza - Answers✔Technological and resource skepticism
Brundtland Sustainable Development - Answers✔Meet the needs of the present without
compromising future generation's ability to meet their needs
Types of Resource (3) - Answers✔Material resource, energy flow, environment attributes
Ways to Categorize Resources Sustainability (3) - Answers✔Origin, Renewability,
Exhaustability
Mineral Reserve/Economic Supply - Answers✔Resource that have been discovered and can be
extracted
Mineral Resource/Physical Supply - Answers✔All resource that exist
Resource Cycle Stages (5) - Answers✔Extraction, Production, Consumption, Recycling,
Disposal
Life Cycle Analysis - Answers✔Accounting system to quantify environmental impacts
Resource Management Approaches (4) - Answers✔Exploitation, preservation, utilitarian,
ecological
Exploitation Approach (To RM) - Answers✔Nature only as a service to humans
Preservation Approach (To RM) - Answers✔Resources set aside and protected
Utilitarian Approach (To RM) - Answers✔Careful management for renewability
Ecological Approach (To RM) - Answers✔Protect entire eco-system
The Great Transformation - Answers✔Transformation of the biosphere due to human interaction
(population, land use, value change)
Anthropocene - Answers✔Post-industrial human activity
The Great Acceleration - Answers✔Human growth since 1950
Stages of Adaptation (3) - Answers✔Hunter gatherer, agrarian, industrial
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REM 100 Midterm EXAM STUDY GUIDE.
Global Change - Answers✔Human induced change in the global environment
Environment - Answers✔Complete range of social conditions an organism lives in
Characteristics of Global Issues (6) - Answers✔Global effect, inter-related, exposes inter-
dependence, persistent, change status quo, interdisciplinary solution
Global Issues - Answers✔Issues with long lasting global scope which require multi-nation and
inter-disciplinary solutions
Institutions - Answers✔Organizations which embody a set of values considered essential
System - Answers✔Collecting of interdependent parts within a defined boundary
Atmposphere - Answers✔Air
Hydrosphere - Answers✔Water
Cryosphere - Answers✔Ice
Lithosphere - Answers✔Land
Biosphere - Answers✔Life
Anthrosphere - Answers✔Humans
Flux - Answers✔Change of energy or matter between spheres
Closed System - Answers✔Only energy can be exchanged with other systems
Open System - Answers✔Both energy and matter can be exchanged with other systems
Perturbation - Answers✔Impact or disturbance to a system
Positive Feedback (Perturbation) - Answers✔Feedback loop which increases magnitude of
perturbation
Negative Feedback (Perturbation) - Answers✔Feedback loop which decreases magnitude of
perturbation
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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.
Temporal Scale - Answers✔Time sequence of perturbation
Technological Optimism - Answers✔Continued domination of humans at current trend
"Star Trek" Costanza - Answers✔Technological and resource optimism
"Big Government" Costanza - Answers✔Technological skeptic and resource optimist
"Mad Max" Costanza - Answers✔Technological optimist and resource skepticism
"Environmentalism" Costanza - Answers✔Technological and resource skepticism
Brundtland Sustainable Development - Answers✔Meet the needs of the present without
compromising future generation's ability to meet their needs
Types of Resource (3) - Answers✔Material resource, energy flow, environment attributes
Ways to Categorize Resources Sustainability (3) - Answers✔Origin, Renewability,
Exhaustability
Mineral Reserve/Economic Supply - Answers✔Resource that have been discovered and can be
extracted
Mineral Resource/Physical Supply - Answers✔All resource that exist
Resource Cycle Stages (5) - Answers✔Extraction, Production, Consumption, Recycling,
Disposal
Life Cycle Analysis - Answers✔Accounting system to quantify environmental impacts
Resource Management Approaches (4) - Answers✔Exploitation, preservation, utilitarian,
ecological
Exploitation Approach (To RM) - Answers✔Nature only as a service to humans
Preservation Approach (To RM) - Answers✔Resources set aside and protected
Utilitarian Approach (To RM) - Answers✔Careful management for renewability
Ecological Approach (To RM) - Answers✔Protect entire eco-system
The Great Transformation - Answers✔Transformation of the biosphere due to human interaction
(population, land use, value change)
Anthropocene - Answers✔Post-industrial human activity
The Great Acceleration - Answers✔Human growth since 1950
Stages of Adaptation (3) - Answers✔Hunter gatherer, agrarian, industrial
